Integrative Health and Applied Research (IHEAR) Summer Training Program

The UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health provides an eight-week summer training program focused on Integrative Health and Applied Research (IHEAR) for an interprofessional cohort of predoctoral health professions students. The goal of the NIH-funded IHEAR training program is to build the capacity of the integrative medicine research workforce.
This program offers a robust early-career pathway for predoctoral health professions fellows to study and participate in integrative health research. The curriculum includes instruction on patterns and determinants of health outcomes and mentored research projects based in real-world applications to improve access to integrative health care for all people.
Please direct any questions about the program to Ms. Yvette Coulter at [email protected].
IHEAR Provides:
Eligibility and Application
Eligibility
- Applicants to the program must be currently enrolled in a health professions doctoral program (such as acupuncture, medicine, naturopathy, nursing, osteopathy, pharmacy, and public health).
- Applicants must be a United States citizen, a non-citizen national, or a foreign national possessing a visa permitting permanent U.S. residence.
- We support a comprehensive application review, considering all elements of the application for admission. Decisions are made independent of GRE scores which are not required. The Osher Center welcomes learners with a diversity of lived experiences.
Application Requirements
- All applications must be submitted electronically using the online application form
- A preview of the application form as a PDF is available.
- Personal Statement (600-word maximum, submitted as PDF):
- Why are you interested in integrative medicine?
- What are your academic and career goals?
- What has inspired or motivated you to pursue these goals? (Expand on community involvement, volunteer experiences, previous research, personal life experiences, etc.)?
- How will participating in IHEAR help you reach your goals?
- Any other information about yourself that you would like us to know.
- Resume/CV as a PDF.
Two letters of recommendation from a professor or other relevant person on official letterhead sent to Ms. Yvette Coulter at [email protected].
To learn more about the program or if you have questions about the application process, please contact Yvette Coulter.